Empty Benches: Underfunding of Immigration Courts Undermines Justice

Empty Benches: Underfunding of Immigration Courts Undermines Justice

American Immigration Council (June 17, 2016)

The shortage of immigration judges is one of the major problems affecting the U.S. immigration system. Over the past decade, Congress has increased immigration enforcement funding exponentially, yet has not provided the immigration courts with the funding to respond, creating a major backlog that threatens the integrity of the immigration justice system.

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